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Bailey Edwards Carter English 12 28 April 2015 Life Savers According to the University of Illinois’ Fire Service Institute, “Fire departments in the United States respond to 1.8 million fires each year – or about four fires every minute. Annually, more than 5,000 Americans are killed and 100,000 are injured as a result of fires, and annual property loss due to fires has been estimated to be as high as $10 billion” (Smith et al.1). Which means there are many firefighters risking their lives to save

What is a firefighter? He or she is the person next door. He or she is just like you and I, with all the worries, stresses, and unfulfilled dreams. Yet they stand taller than most of us. They are, after all, a firefighter. Men and women who can make holding your hand feel like it’s the biggest thing in the entire world when they’re saving you or your loved ones. They have a gentle touch because they have seen the unbelievable power of violence out of control. They respond to a child 's laughter with

Volunteer Fire Fighter Dies While Lost in Residential Structure Fire Explain the issues that lead to his fatality --- During the month of October, 2008 we lost another fire fighter in a residential structure fire. The Victim was a 24 Y/O male fire fighter from Alabama who had been a volunteer with the department for two years. The firefighter training seemed to be standard for a new volunteer in the area which he served. As always it is tragic to lose a fire fighter and as always we try

Alexis Cordova Mrs.Wallace English 12-3a Evolution of Fire Fighting Firefighting is a dangerous job. It takes lots of courage to have to endure the harsh conditions of a structural or rural fire, all while trying to save someone 's life. Fire fighters put their life on the line to save the environment, people, and animals. With all of the harsh conditions involving putting out a fire, there is lots of equipment that a firefighter must use to protect themselves such as strategies that are used

I contemplate one of the most important training items in the fire service area that we need to focus on is authentic fire ground exercises. Fire ground training are drills that reflect real-time circumstances on the emergency scene. Our training needs to focus towards our daily tasks, teamwork and most of all teamwork on the emergency scene. Furthermore, in the past quite a few of my training drills came from the International Fire Service Training Association manual or similar resources. While

Introduction Firefighters are presented with a job that is dangerous and at times requires them to put their lives at risk. Over the past 30 years, an average of 100 firefighters die annually in line of duty deaths (LODDs). Although 100 firefighter deaths per year may seem to be an acceptable number, it would seem that the advances in firefighter’s knowledge, structural gear, equipment, and apparatuses would cause a decrease in LODDs over the years. One way this can be accomplished is by reviewing

Pursuing the career of firefighting can be a very rewarding experience, however being a home town hero and saving lives is not always an easy task. Firefighters have to be ready for anything at any time whether it be responding to a car accident or a structure fire; they have to be prepared. Firefighters also have to have the ability to handle stress as well as have strong physical capabilities. In Ontario, there are many testing processes that aspiring firefighters have to take part in before they

Firefighter fatalities are one of the many areas the U.S. Fire Administration collects data on and completes a report annually from reports coming from all the United States. They have conducted and analyzed this information for about 30 years. The report is completed as resource to identify cause of death and trying to prevent future firefighter deaths. According to this report, there were 122 firefighter fatalities from January 5, to December 29, 2007. During that year, eleven (nine percent) of

Summary:There are people in this country who want to be firefighters but the problem is they don 't know if the want to pursue this career in a large city or a small town. I 'm proposing whether it 's better to be a firefighter in a large city like Kansas City or a firefighter in a small town like Jefferson City. I 'm proposing this to anyone who might want to be a firefighter, also whether it is better to live in Kansas City or Jefferson City. The cost of important things like utilities, housing

Firefighter Safety We are the most technically advanced nation in the free world but yet we have not been able to reduce the number of firefighter fatalities over the years. Its one of the great mysteries of the world today. Our gear is better than what they wore thirty years ago, its better than what they wore ten years ago and we still lose an average of one hundred firefighters every year. I know that not all are dying in structure fires but just one is one too many. Today we have many